HUNGARORING -- After qualifying fourth for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton says he never had the pace to battle for pole position at the Hungaroring.
Hamilton has been off the pace all weekend and in qualifying struggled to put a clean lap together. He aborted his first attempt in Q3 after losing the rear of his car through Turn 4 and then a more conservative approach on his second lap left him 0.431s off Sebastian Vettel's pole position time.
"When you drive it to a certain limit the car feels fine," Hamilton explained, "but then you see Ferrari's time and you think you can push further.